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*She is reported to have had lifelong fears of dark water and drowning. *She is reported to have had lifelong fears of dark water and drowning.

*Decades later a ] biography by ] claimed that Natalie Wood was in close contact with several men in Hollywood circles who, Lambert (himself a homosexual) claims, were gay, including ] (for which claim there is no other documented evidence), ], ] (whose bisexuality has long been disputed), ], ], and ]. The ''Advocate'' magazine called her "the 'Grace' to an army of Hollywood 'Wills'". Lambert claims that Wood supported homosexual playwright ] in a manner that made it possible for him to write his groundbreaking play '']'' (1968).


==Awards and Nominations== ==Awards and Nominations==

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Natalie Wood

Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981), better known as Natalie Wood, was an American film actress. She was the sister of actor and producer Lana Wood.

Child and adult actor

She was born in San Francisco, California to Russian immigrants. Her parents changed their surname to Gurdin and at the age of 4 she was billed as Natasha Gurdin. A well-known child actor, she was one of the relative few who made a successful transition to adult stardom. By the time she was 28, she was already a three-time Oscar nominee, with nominations for Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass and Love With the Proper Stranger. Another of her widely noted films was the Leonard Bernstein musical West Side Story, in which she played Maria. Wood was initially signed to do her own singing but in the end she was dubbed by professional singer Marni Nixon which is said to have disappointmented her. Nonetheless she enjoyed worldwide celebrity and was compared favorably with Elizabeth Taylor. As a restless on-screen companion of James Dean and an off-screen date of Elvis Presley she was much admired and envied by young girls.

Drowning at Catalina Island

Her two marriages to actor Robert Wagner were publicized and stormy, but they were reconciled once more at the time of her death. In 1981 at the age of 43 Wood drowned while their yacht The Splendor was anchored at Catalina Island. The circumstances of her death remained the subject of speculation even after Los Angeles coroner Thomas Noguchi pressed for an investigation. Wood was on board the yacht with Wagner and actor Christopher Walken. There were reports Wagner and Walken had a loud argument, and Wood apparently tried to either leave the yacht or tie up a small boat that was banging against the hull keeping her awake when she accidentally fell overboard. A woman on shore later said she heard cries for help in the water that night and heard other voices reply they were coming to her aid. Wagner, Walken and the pilot of the Splendor said they never heard any cries. Noguchi pointed out that Wood was legally intoxicated at the time of her death and there were marks and bruises on her body, but these could have been recieved as a result of her fall.

At the time of her death she was filming Brainstorm and preparing to make her stage debut in a Los Angeles production of Anastasia, opposite Dame Wendy Hiller,

She is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Trivia

  • When she was nine she had an accident on a movie set which left a slight but permanent bone protrusion on her left wrist. For the rest of her life, on camera or in public, she wore a bracelet to cover it.
  • She is reported to have had lifelong fears of dark water and drowning.

Awards and Nominations

Successful nominations in bold.

1956:

1957:

1958:

  • Golden Laurel Awards: Marjorie Morningstar (1958) — Top Female Dramatic Performance
  • Golden Laurel Awards — Top Female Star (thirteenth place)

1959:

  • Golden Laurel Awards — Top Female Star (seventh place)

1960:

  • Golden Laurel Awards — Top Female Star (ninth place)

1961:

  • Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple — Least Cooperative Actress
  • Golden Laurel Awards — Top Female Star (fourteenth place)

1962:

  • Academy Award: Splendor in the Grass (1961) — Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Golden Laurel Awards — Top Female Star (fifth place)
  • Golden Laurel Awards: Splendor in the Grass (1961) — Top Female Dramatic Performance (third place)

1963:

  • British Academy of Film and Television Arts: Splendor in the Grass (1961) — Best Foreign Actress
  • Golden Globes Awards: Gypsy (1962) — Best Motion Picture Actress: Musical/Comedy
  • Golden Laurel Awards: Gypsy (1962) — Top Female Musical Performance (second place)

1964:

  • Academy Award: Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) — Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Golden Globe Award: Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) — Best Motion Picture Actress: Drama
  • Golden Laurel Awards — Top Female Star (third place)
  • Golden Laurel Awards: Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) (second place)
  • Mar del Plata Film Festival: Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) — Best Actress

1965:

  • Golden Laurel Awards — Female Star (sixth place)
  • Golden Laurel Awards: Sex and the Single Girl (1964) — Comedy Performance (fifth place)

1966:

  • Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple — Least Cooperative Actress
  • Golden Globe Award: Inside Daisy Clover (1965) — Best Motion Picture Actress: Musical/Comedy
  • Golden Globe Award — World Film Favorite: Female
  • Golden Laurel Awards — Female Star (eighth place)

1967:

  • Golden Globe Award: This Property Is Condemned (1966) — Best Motion Picture Actress: Drama
  • Golden Laurel Awards — Female Star (third place)
  • Golden Laurel Awards: This Property is Condemned (1966) — Female Dramatic Performance (third place)

1968:

  • Golden Laurel Awards — Female Star (twelfth place)

1970:

  • Golden Laurel Awards — Female Star (ninth place)

1971:

  • Golden Laurel Awards — Female Star (ninth place)

1980:

  • Golden Globe Award: From Here to Eternity (1979) (mini) — Best TV Actress: Drama

Filmography

Bibliography

  • Gavin Lambert, Natalie Wood: A Life. London: Faber and Faber, 2004. ISBN 0-571-22197-1

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